The Sunday Oregonian., June 29, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Page 2, Image 58

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 29, 1913.
NAVAL MILITIAMEN RETURN FROM CRUISE AS SEASONED TARS
' Ten Days' Trip on Cruiser St. Louis Puts Oregon Reserves Through Real Paces and Good Report Is Expected From Captain.
BY WILLIAM E. MAHONET. 1
THREK cruises have been made by
the Oregon Naval Militia since Its
formation In 1911 and the last,
ending with the return of the men
Wednesday, was productive of the most
good and gave the regular Navy offi
cers an advantage over their predeces
sors la the same capacity to study and
Judgrj the 'timber that makes up the
sailors from this state.
The first cruise was on the Boston,
now used as a training ship. She was
steamed from Portland to Coos Bay and
a regular Naval officer was aboard, but
otherwise every member of the crew
was of the militia and It had barely
been organized. The second cruise was
on the U. S. S. Maryland and extended
from Portland to San Francisco and
thence to Los Angeles, the return being
made from there to the Columbia River
direct. In that case the Maryland had
a full complement of regular men and
was fully officered. The reception of
the Militiamen on board could hardly
be told from the arrival of a group of
men from the training station, for they
were assigned with the other men, and
be it said to their credit they worked
manfully and won the pralBe of Captain
Ellicott and those under him.
Real Work on St. Louis.
But on the third cruise conditions
were different. The cruiser St. Louis
was not sailing with her full comple
ment, having but 191 men while In
active service she would have carried
660. Consequently the Oregonlans were
not hidden or lost in the crew. True,
they could not take Independent
watches, as it was their duty to study,
not alone to serve. At the same time
their labors were watched, their drills
made precise and their discipline
checked minutely. A daily report was
kept of every Jack tar In the crowd,
as well as every Militia officer. None
moved officially but that the action
was noted. It was a cruise for results
and they brought them home.
Added to the opportunities afforded
them to get into the game and assist
the regular men. was an advantage in
being under the guiding eye of Cap
tain W. TC. Whitehead. himself a
product of the ranks, for he entered the
service In the guise of an apprentice
and worked his way to his present
billet, commander of the largest vessel
a. lieutenant has wielded. Consequently
he knows the Navy from hard knocks
and experience. Excuses have to be
good ones to Impress him. The dodges
of siillormen he remembers because he
was in the same class and recollects
how they originate and are carried out.
For that reason he proved a teacher
from whom the men could learn. Also
It was hot his first experience with
state forces. On the Atlantlo Coast H
was his fortune one season to be at
tached to a vessel that went from one
port to another with the militiamen of
different states, all of whom were as
signed separately for Instruction on the
vessel, and that Summer he and the of
ficers with him went over the same
routine with every batch.
Oregon Men Kept on Jump,
Under him on the St. Louis was Lieu
tenant W. L. Lafranss, who had also
cruised with other militiamen, also
Ensign E. T. Oatea. A course was
mapped out that kept the Oregon marl,
ners on the Jump and they were led
through a course of sprouts that gained
for them an Insight into certain de
tails. While they had gatherer a
smattering on other trips or mayhap
had forgotten some of them during the
year, the work was placed before them
in such a light that it will be remem
bered. ' Warrant and chief petty officers were
also assigned to the teaching corps
and, acting under Implicit orders, they
met the militiamen on the same footing
as though they had really enlisted In
the Navy and came fresh from a train,
ing ship to be hammered Into accepta
ble salts. Knotting rope, splicing, the
knack of scrubbing decks with sand
and a firebrick, care of the person,
promptness in breaking out hammocks
ani when through in the morning,
stowing them again, seamanship, rudi
ments of navigation, firing below,
pointers from' the englneroom foroe,
how stores are arranged and kept, the
maintenance of many parts of a biff
ship and a score of other vital pointers
were spread for their edification.
Some of the St. Louis men pretended
to smart under the steady grind of
teaching. A few said they would go
over the side If another militia party
boarded them, yet deep in their hearts
they enjoyed the trip, for It recalled to
them the green days of their youth and
the stumbling blocks they encountered
before being passed by Uncle Sam as
fitted for a higher rating, also they
really appreciated their importance In
being selected to guide the steps of the
landlubbers.
SraHoned Tars Return.
So the Oregon men came home like
seasoned tars. There were few among
the recruits who did not learn how to
wear caps in the accepted swagger
style. They soon caught on to the
fashion of knotting black silk hand
kerchiefs beneath their broad collars,
how to stow clothes in the bags so
tliey would keep their shape and crease
and to hold their own In divers ways
that were new to them ten days be
fore. Gunnery practice they had without
ammunition, and that was the one
huge regret, for it has never been the
luck of the state sailors to "really and
truly" tire a big gun other than when
saluting in. the harbor. Weapons were
limited on the St. Louis, as soma nad
been sent East for overhauling, but
with those aboard they were Instructed
as though in action even to being
called unexpectedly to "man the guns."
Air was turned on, with which gases
and particles of powder are cleared
from the barrel in real action, speak
ing tubes were rigged between the
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difficult proved an easy alphabet for-
me state seamen ana tne anility to
send messages to shipmates stationed
at the other end of the superstructure
soon made the duty seem like clay.
All the lessons will be continued
urlng the Fall. Winter and Spring, so
on the 1914 cruise more technical
itudles will be sought. In starting
the Journey at sea the Oreconians" will
e received with a feeling on tho part
f resrular offioir that r hf v hnv. m n n
tried and found desirable, for, having a
flattering official report in their pos
session of their work in 1S12. they
have also been promised one from Cap
tain v niteneai that will class them as
nembers of an organization ready and
cceptable as an adjunct of the bis
"avy in time of need.
LIBEL SUIT JURY DISAGREES
CIster League and Covenant Fail to
Win Over Newspaper.
DUBLIX. June 28. (Special.) The
case In which Joseph McCullough. Jo
seph Porter, and Robert Rowland, of
.Vewry. sought to recover damages from
the proprietors of the "Frontier Sen
tinel" for an alleged libel published
under the headings "L'lster Day Frost"
and "Signing Carson' s Blasphemous
Covenant at Xewry," was heard here a
few days ago before Justice Gibson and
a Jury. The plaintiffs were three of
the signatories of the Ulster Leaguo
and Covenant, and they complained
hat in the defendants newspapers
they were held up to public odium
and contempt. The article of which the
plaintiffs complained stated, among
other things, that th Covenant sought
in the name of God to stimulate the
basest passion's in human nature, and
called on God to witness a catalogue of
falsehoods. The defendants submitted
the words were published without
malice and were fair comment.
Joseph Connellan, the writer of the
article. Bald the Covenant contained a
number of falsehoods. It asserted that
certain things would occur after the
passage of the Home Rule Bill which
would not occur. A number of loyal
ists in Newry had not complied with
Sir Edward Carson's order to put out
Union Jacks on Ulster day. Asked if
it was not ait atrocious thing to usn
the words "the Catholics of Ireland are
the spawn of the devil." he said it was
similar language to that used by Si'
Edward Carson. Ixrd Londonderry, and
other Ulster leaders.
Judge Gibson, summing up. said he
would be sorry to describe prayers tn
the battlefield in connection with pn
lltlcsl matters as hypocritical blas
phemy." It was one thing to denounce
the Covenant itself as a mendacious
and misleading statement, but iuite
another to say it had been counter
signed by these signatories, and to set
out their names.
The Jury retired. On returning 1o
court the foreman announced that there
was no possibility of an agreement, and
they were ciscnargea.
there was a attractions been provided for collecting was a. nehonl for instruction in th
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s had not the signalling at odd moments and there used, and what at the outset appeared
BLACKMAILERS ARE FOILED
Baroness Vaushau Proves More
Than Mateli for Criminals.
PARIS. June 28. (Special.) Baron
ess Vaughan haa cleverly escaped an.
attempt at blackmail, of which she was
the object. Two men came to her re
cently and said that they had written
a suggestive book, in which she a
travestied, and told her that a pub-
isher had offered them more than $5000
for it. If she desired to stop the pub
lication Of tho book she had only to
pay them twice that sum. The Baron
ess pretended to be greatly interested
in the matter and asked them to come
to her chateau on a certain day.
The two men came and one remained
outside, wlille the other entered. Two
detectives were hidden in the room.
The man repeated his statement and
read out the headings of the chapters.
When he had done so the two detectives
came out and arretted him. His confed
erate Was also arrested and both havo
been locked up in the Sante prison
pending an investigation.
CIGAR-STEALING IS MANIA
Frenchman In F-asy Circumstances ,
Thieves as He Buys.
PARIS, June 28. (Special.) For tho
tenth time a man of some private
means, living in easy circumstances in
the Paris suburbs, has been arrested
tor stealing cigars. His method wud
to enter a tobacconist's shop where ci
gars of various prices were displayed in
open compartments and, while inspect
ing one. adroitly to abstract half a
dozen or so. When arrested he was
found to have 71 fine cigars in his
pockets and his pretty little villa at
Gantilly contained over 700. all expen
sive cigarft of tine brands.
Having no defense to make, this in
terewtlng kleptomaniac has feigned an
attack of amnesia and remembers noln.
ing. The curious thing is that though
the man has been convicted several
times, he has always managed to avoid
taking his punishment, so presumably
he has "protection."
Ominous Nonchalance.
(Washington Star.)
"I sentence you to two years in
prison," said the Judge, severely.
"Well. Judge," replied Plodding Pete,
"I know you are doing this to humil
iate me. But I want to remind you
that some very wealthy and some very
talented people have been going to
prison lately."
FORMER PORTLAND PASTOR TELLS
HOW TO MAKE MARRIAGE A SUCCESS
Dr. Jame3 WMtcom, g
LOS AXGELES. June 28. (Special.)
In his sermon, which dealt
with marriages and how to be
happy in that state. Dr. James Whlt
comb Brougher, pastor of the Temple
Baptist Church, and formerly of Port
land, declared that marriage was not
a failure, and that the most essential
thing was that the two people should
know each other.
"Brides and Bridegrooms" was the
subject of rr. Brougher's discourse.
He laid great stress on the necessity
of choosing the right help-mate. He
said In part:
"Marrlnge is not a failure. There
are 3000 marriage ceremonies per
formed every day. Many people get
married a second and a third time. God
Almighty intended that homes should
bo established in this world. No man
or woman can attain to the fullest en
joyment of life or accomplish the full
est purpose of their creation all alone.
"Brides and bridegrooms ought to
know each other better than they do
before getting married. The greatest
source of divorce growing out of tin
fortunate marriages Is to be found in
the ignorance that young men and
women have of each other before they
are married. I could mention 20 cases
that have come to my own knowledge
of young women who have been woe
fully deceived by married men. who
had palmed themselves off as unmar
ried men. If the young women had
Insisted on reputable references and
had looked up the past records of the
men that they were going with, such
calamity could never have befallen
them.
"Young women, before you stand
under the orange blossoms, be sure
you know that man you are going to
marry. Choose a man for his char
acter. Do not try to reform a man by
marrying 'him. it can never be done.
"A young man ought to know thor
oughly the young woman he is going
to marry. Do not be fooled by appear,
ances. Choose a young woman of
character and good common-sense.
Let her have intelligence and be In
dustrious and know how to cook and
keep house.
"If a young man of good character
marries a young woman of good char
acter, all things else being equal, there
ought to be happiness.
"In the second place the marriage
ought to be for love. Use common
sense In choosing a. wife or a husband,
but do not get married unless there
is genuine love."
A temporary auditorium to take the
place of the building which collapsed
on May 24 will be erected by the Cham
ber of Commerce of Long Beach.
According to R. D. Lapham, Los
Angeles agent for the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Company, and Man
ager Logan of the Outer Harbor Dock
and Wharf Company, arrangements
have been made by the steamship com
pany for a 20-year lease of 1150 feet
of frontage on the North slip of the
Watchhorn Basin on the west side of
the so-called Miner fill in the outer
harbor.
The present plan is to have two of
the largest ships leave Philadelphia
and New York every ten days en route
to Los Angeles Harbor by way of the
Panama Canal.
Believing that baseball is the father
of all sports, A. G. Spaulding of San
Diego, the veteran sporting goods man,
has announced through his attorney.
Judge B. F. Adams, of Albuquerque, N.
M that he will open a college of base-
ball at Spaulding. N. M., within a year.
xne plans for the buildings and the
campus, which will cover 13 acres, are
being prepared by landscape architects.
The baseball college is at the south
end of the town of Spaulding and will
be gardened beautifully.
About a quarter of a mile -away
Spaulding plans to lay out the biggest
athletic field in the world for the de
velopment and enjoyment of all kinds
of sports known to man.
No demand has been made Upon the
German-American Savings Bank, ac
cording to the officials, for surrender
to Otto Lippman, administrator of tie
estate of Luther McCarty, the heavy
weight champion, killed at Calgary, of
approximately $8000 deposited there by
McCarty before he left for Calgary.
"1 hope to restore through divorce
the beautiful friendship which my hus
band and I lost In marriage. That is
why I am suing him now."
This is the explanation given by
Mrs. Joseph Lander Eastland, society
leader In San Francisco and wife of
the millionaire Venezuelan Consul in
that city, for her suit for divorce and
half a million dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. Eastland were married
two years ago In Chicago, going to
Paris to live. Last October they re
turned to California, he to his clubs in
San Franicsco and she to a bungalow
at Coronado.
Charles ReickhofC hag not touched
water for four years. Neither has he
taken liquor or any liquid save that
secured by absorbing the Juice of
fruits. Some years ago Mr. Reick
hofC, who Is the son of a millionaire of
Orange City, la,, determined to try a
health cure of his own invention. Here
is the regimen:
Live in the open air every possible
moment. Drink no water or other
liquid. Eat only fruit and nuts, never
allowing cooked food or meats to pass
your lips.
Mr. Reiekhoff has followed this diet
for four years. He says he is in per
fect health.
Mrs. James D. Brown, great grand
daughter of Thomas Ross, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence and a direct descendant of Betsy
Ross, who made the first American
flag, died at the residence of her son,
F. E. Purccll, last week. Mrs. Brown
was 65 years old. Her home was in
Indiana.
'
Mrs. Leotia K. Northam. the hand
some widow of the late Colonel Robert
Northam, Wednesday by legal and
formal incorporation became the Leo
tia J. Northam Company, a corporation,
heartless, soulless, a mere "artificial
person," for the sake of an automobile.
This is the cause of the transforma
tion: Mrs. Northam. an ardent automobtl
ist. recently entered a big Simplex in
the San Francisco-Los Angeles automo
bile race. The Western Automobile As
sociation was greatly pleased and they
Immediately begun a search In the rule
book to see If some clause could not
be found which would permit her to
drive her car a short distance before
turning it over to the racing driver.
The clause was not only not found,
but It was learned that the American
Automobile Association, which Is sane,
tioning the San Francisco race, even
goes so far as to absolutely forbid a
woman entering a car in a race.
A messenger was sent to Mrs.
Northam's home to tell her the disap
pinting news.
She sprang Into her car and speeded
to her attorney's office, where she ex
plained the situation and demanded
that some way be found to evade the
rule so that her car could enter.
"Certainly," said the lawyer, "you
shall loose your Identity. You shall
become a mere creation of the law,
without beauty, face, form or sex, but
with all the powers of a natural per
son which are essential to the purpose
for which you are incorporated. If
you wish you may buy all the stock
after the Incorporation and you will
be IT, but it won't be you."
The papers were written and filed
and the transformation took place.
Flirting with death in midair, Mrs.
Florence Seidell, the wife of a Santa
Ana merchant, has quilifled for an
aviator's license at the Griffith Park
aviation field.
Professor H. LaV. Twining, presi
dent of the Aero Club of California,
observed the flight for the Aero Club
of America. He informed Mrs. Seidell
that she had qualified for- her license.
Her first flight avas dangerously close
to the ground. Her second flight was
at an altitude of 200 feet, and her
landing was well within the 800-foot
ltmlt.
Still nursing a grudge engendered
during the Franco-Prussian war, C. A.
Randig, a German, assaulted X. H.
Lague, a Frenchman, In the home of
the latter In Bloomlngton as he slept,
beating Lague Into unconsciousness
with a piece of loaded hose because
the latter had persisted in Calling on
Randig's daughter.
Randig is missing, and It is thought
that he has taken his own life, think
ing that he had killed Lague, who is
in a hospital.
Her figure inclosed in a boy's bath
ing suit of rather brief dimensions.
Miss Marlon Schuman, a pretty Pasa
dena girl, modestly shivered on tho
bank of the mountain stream up in
the Arroyo Seco for several hours
rather than return to camp in her
abbreviated attire.
She was patiently and coolly waiting
for the protecting robe of night when
she was found by a searching party,
and carried back to the camp.
It was a practical joke, played by
her 12-year-old brother. Robert, while
she was enjoying a. refreshing swim,
having left her clothes on the bank.
While she was splashing like a wood
nymph, the boy stole her clothes.
Armory Being Repaired.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., June 28.
(Special.) When repairs now under
way at the Armory are completed the
Sixth Coast Artillery Company of the
Oregon National Guard will have great
ly improved quarters. Work was
started yMonday ripping out the stage
and gallery. The latter will be re
placed with a property room and of
ficers' quarters. The old lockers have
been taken out and will be placed in
a 60x8 club room to be added on the
north side of the building, which will
also contain a gymnasium, shower
hath and kitchen. There will be a
floor 80x48 for dancing. The military
club anticipates giving regular
dances.